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seattle. most of them were not even paying me. it was just a way to get practice. eventually something opened up in south carolina so i got that job. it is a tough situation. i think it was probably easier for us starting out because newspapers were healthy and you knew if you could not get a job right away that if you waited long enough something might happen. >> i would echo that. i did the same thing except for selling life insurance. school newspaper, college newspaper, local small-town newspaper. my route was to go into the news our department. i worked at the atlantic constitution and the late 1980s. that was my foot in the door. that was until the job in augusta came open. it is so tough these days to get the job. so many award-winning cartoonists do not have jobs right now. i will echo some of the things mentioned. i am bullish about the future of visual satire. i am seeing some really exciting possibilities out there. the prospect of new media and the fact software and animation is ge
seattle. most of them were not even paying me. it was just a way to get practice. eventually something opened up in south carolina so i got that job. it is a tough situation. i think it was probably easier for us starting out because newspapers were healthy and you knew if you could not get a job right away that if you waited long enough something might happen. >> i would echo that. i did the same thing except for selling life insurance. school newspaper, college newspaper, local...
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i came up with an idea of one seattle. in one seattle we lead with listening understanding and trying to look at everything through the lens of the person affected by the policy. we have a strong mayor system should i have a seven and a half million dollar budget. 12,000 employees. i said we will demonstrate listening. i went to every police precinct. met with every officer. where everyone is talking about defunding i said if we fund our police and do it the right way we don't starve a department of resources. they need the officers to know what my expectation is as there mayor. how to advise many of you marries to do it. it was an incredible experience. we also looked at one of our gems, the world-class zoo. we had camps everywhere. we had to offer housing and shelter to people. we had 89 referrals come out. in one seattle we had 1800 referrals for homelessness to shelter people but we lead by listening. we had to develop a unified care team. the unified care team had a strong presence. social workers. we tried to tap in
i came up with an idea of one seattle. in one seattle we lead with listening understanding and trying to look at everything through the lens of the person affected by the policy. we have a strong mayor system should i have a seven and a half million dollar budget. 12,000 employees. i said we will demonstrate listening. i went to every police precinct. met with every officer. where everyone is talking about defunding i said if we fund our police and do it the right way we don't starve a...
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seattle. one factual difference is that there was a school board there, a directly-elected school board elected for a short term of years. here there's a board of trustees. is that -- is that the distinguish -- a distinguishing factor in the case in which a principal distinction could be made? >> i think it's a distinguishing factor. you know, kind of sticking with how hard is it under the new political process. and i think the chart that we have on page 17 of our reply brief explains that it's really easier to change race-based admissions policies now than it was before section 26. and that's one basis. but i think the more fundamental basis is to say, you know, what seattle is about. and -- and if you indulge me, i'm going to suggest that seattle could mean one of three things. one of those i think you should clearly reject, and then the other two i think are --are possible interpretations that you could adopt. when seattle talks about racial classifications, it focuses on laws that have a r
seattle. one factual difference is that there was a school board there, a directly-elected school board elected for a short term of years. here there's a board of trustees. is that -- is that the distinguish -- a distinguishing factor in the case in which a principal distinction could be made? >> i think it's a distinguishing factor. you know, kind of sticking with how hard is it under the new political process. and i think the chart that we have on page 17 of our reply brief explains...
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seattle. one factual difference is that there was a school board there, a directly-elected school board elected for a short term of years. here there's a board of trustees. is that -- is that the distinguish -- a distinguishing factor in the case in which a principal distinction could be made? >> i think it's a distinguishing factor. you know, kind of sticking with how hard is it under the new political process. and i think the chart that we have on page 17 of our reply brief explains that it's really easier to change race-based admissions policies now than it was before section 26. and that's one basis. but i think the more fundamental basis is to say, you know, what seattle is about. and -- and if you indulge me, i'm going to suggest that seattle could mean one of three things. one of those i think you should clearly reject, and then the other two i think are --are possible interpretations that you could adopt. when seattle talks about racial classifications, it focuses on laws that have a r
seattle. one factual difference is that there was a school board there, a directly-elected school board elected for a short term of years. here there's a board of trustees. is that -- is that the distinguish -- a distinguishing factor in the case in which a principal distinction could be made? >> i think it's a distinguishing factor. you know, kind of sticking with how hard is it under the new political process. and i think the chart that we have on page 17 of our reply brief explains...
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it has been four years since seattle raised the wage. and i want to tell my colleagues across the aisle what that increase has been. seattle is flourishing. today we have one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country. and jobs are growing steadily. last year, forbes ranked seattle the number one best place for business and careers in 2018. and despite the doom and gloom predictions from the national restaurant association when we passed the bill, what we have seen what the seattle times -- is what the seattle times called a crazy restaurant boom. new jobs created every year. the most recent and credible research shows low-wage worker went up without any negative impact on employment. local food prices remain constant so that families can better afford to buy healthy food. when we increased the minimum wage in seattle, we got strong businesses, healthy families and flourishing communities. all american workers deserve the same thing. raise the wage today. pedro: that is one city's perspective. brad: we opposed that minimum wage incr
it has been four years since seattle raised the wage. and i want to tell my colleagues across the aisle what that increase has been. seattle is flourishing. today we have one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country. and jobs are growing steadily. last year, forbes ranked seattle the number one best place for business and careers in 2018. and despite the doom and gloom predictions from the national restaurant association when we passed the bill, what we have seen what the seattle times...
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some are discriminatory. >> seattle and this case both involve constitutional -- seattle and this case both involve constitutional amendments. so why can't the law -- the law be drawn -- the line be drawn there? if you change the allocation of power in one of these less substantial ways, that's one thing; but when you require a constitutional amendment that's really a big deal. >> because that would still invalidate the michigan equal protection clause which has a racial focus that says you cannot discriminate based on race or sex, and yet no one would argue it should be subject to strict scrutiny. >> that's the benefit to a minority group. but what i'm thinking is go read the cases. you yourself seem to say these cases seem to apply alike to the benefits or to the discrimination against it. i mean, there is lots of language in seattle. >> right. >> you come -- now, suppose you take that and say, all right, it was meant in context; but the context includes constitutional amendments because with the constitutional amendment you are restructuring. now you would lose on that theory; but t
some are discriminatory. >> seattle and this case both involve constitutional -- seattle and this case both involve constitutional amendments. so why can't the law -- the law be drawn -- the line be drawn there? if you change the allocation of power in one of these less substantial ways, that's one thing; but when you require a constitutional amendment that's really a big deal. >> because that would still invalidate the michigan equal protection clause which has a racial focus that...
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those are being provided to seattle and i forget the other location. it might have been new york, as well. we are looking at deploying our field hospitals, which include the hospital, the equipment and medical professionals and my aim is to get them out this week. my view is seattle and new york city are the places we just need fema to validate that because keep in mind, fema is the u.s. government's central place for handling of requests and in validating and prioritizing them. that is my notion, we've been moving out this week. >> and can you give us a little bit more detail about changing the health protection condition to c. at the pentagon. exactly what that means. i think -- a lot of us here have been talking about how many people are actually working in the building right now prior to that and where you expect that number is now and where it will go to under c. >> we can get you those numbers on who's working in the building now. i think it is down considerably maybe , 60% if not more. i'm working off numbers i was given last week. there does co
those are being provided to seattle and i forget the other location. it might have been new york, as well. we are looking at deploying our field hospitals, which include the hospital, the equipment and medical professionals and my aim is to get them out this week. my view is seattle and new york city are the places we just need fema to validate that because keep in mind, fema is the u.s. government's central place for handling of requests and in validating and prioritizing them. that is my...
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host: the mayor of seattle washington -- seattle, washington joining us from her home. take you for being with us. guest: have a good evening. host: joining us on the phone is a congressman representing new jersey's ninth congressional district. every net we check in with members of congress. how are you doing? new jersey is part of the epicenter of the virus. guest: yes it is, steve. good to talk with you. we've been having three or four conference calls every day. the governor is on top of this very well. he started out early and planning. we had the cooperation of all of the agencies in new jersey. we are in the center, the of connecticut, new york and new jersey. we have the same problems as new york in terms of getting supplies. when you go down the list of what is needed in the hospital's by the first responders and by emts,ctors, nurses and you understand it is lacking. if i could go back to what the mayor of seattle just said, who has done a fantastic job along with governor inslee, who i worked with when he was in the sayscongress -- when she every day you wait
host: the mayor of seattle washington -- seattle, washington joining us from her home. take you for being with us. guest: have a good evening. host: joining us on the phone is a congressman representing new jersey's ninth congressional district. every net we check in with members of congress. how are you doing? new jersey is part of the epicenter of the virus. guest: yes it is, steve. good to talk with you. we've been having three or four conference calls every day. the governor is on top of...
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population in seattle and how the city is responding. and a look at congressional efforts to open the yucca mountain nuclear storage waste site. our guest is jeremy dylan. ♪ with thesident trump, health and human services secretary, yesterday and the rose garden he laid out his broad principles and initiatives at lowering drug prices, calling it "the most sweeping action in history." welcome to "washington journal." will it be enough? should the federal government do more to lower prescription drug prices? here is how to join us this morning with the conversation. (202) 748-8000 is the number to call if you live in the eastern and central time zone. the other number is (202) 748-8001 for those of you in the mountain and pacific areas. also on social media, we welcome your thoughts on facebook and twitter. you this morning -- should the federal government do more? we are interested in your experience. drug we will show you some of what the president had to say as well. "the washington times" this morning, a picture of president , who an
population in seattle and how the city is responding. and a look at congressional efforts to open the yucca mountain nuclear storage waste site. our guest is jeremy dylan. ♪ with thesident trump, health and human services secretary, yesterday and the rose garden he laid out his broad principles and initiatives at lowering drug prices, calling it "the most sweeping action in history." welcome to "washington journal." will it be enough? should the federal government do more...
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seattle, washington state and -- ry much are first to experience covid-19 and really what seattle has achieved has een a model of responsiveness. can you tell us a little bit about what's happening in seattle today and what you think how it worked? >> i think the first lesson we learned is looking at the world health organization's recommendations, we had to speak with one government. i think we have been able to accomplish what we had as a city and a region because over the eadership. really looking at what we have to do in concerted action because we know this virus does not respect any boundaries. i also had the good fortune to be talking to mayors around the globe. i'm part of c 40. ric garcetti has convened those mayors on a regular basis to learn lessons. we are able to look at what other cities who experienced this worse did. we had very little tools. by the time we saw the virus erupt in our community, our researchers here told us that the number of cases actually was far understated and so working with them and getting the modeling to see that we were past the stage where we
seattle, washington state and -- ry much are first to experience covid-19 and really what seattle has achieved has een a model of responsiveness. can you tell us a little bit about what's happening in seattle today and what you think how it worked? >> i think the first lesson we learned is looking at the world health organization's recommendations, we had to speak with one government. i think we have been able to accomplish what we had as a city and a region because over the eadership....
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the president is not the democrat mayor of seattle. but nevertheless the president must lead by example and be prepared to act in the face of failed democrat leadership which is what we saw in democrat seattle and democrat wisconsin. president trump has stood on the side of law and order and we're pleased to report that law and order has prevailed in seattle. in president trump's america, autonomous zones have no place. -- will have no sanctuary. the black house tana mazzone across from the white house was swiftly dismantled. 100 and our kiss -- 100 and our were -- anarchists arrested. four men have been charged in federal court for attempting to tear down the statute of andrew jackson in lafayette square and there are 200 open domestic terrorism investigations. you contrast the president's vision of law and order to that of the failed chaz experiment and anarchy. and here's what you find in the failed democrat experience that took place in seattle. the seattle times said that the shooting at the c.h.o.p. protest tragically killed a 16
the president is not the democrat mayor of seattle. but nevertheless the president must lead by example and be prepared to act in the face of failed democrat leadership which is what we saw in democrat seattle and democrat wisconsin. president trump has stood on the side of law and order and we're pleased to report that law and order has prevailed in seattle. in president trump's america, autonomous zones have no place. -- will have no sanctuary. the black house tana mazzone across from the...
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so seattle, the city of seattle and washington state itself, they have great people. they have to be allowed to do their job. i am urging them to deploy these resources to protect their citizens and stop the violence, and all the things that we watch on television going on, although a lot of the unfortunately fake news don't like to put it on because it shows the democrats are doing a very bad job of law enforcement. they have to put it on. they have to be honest with the people of this country. but i am offering all available federal support requested to stop the violence and arrest the criminals. we have to be asked by the governors or the mayors. we will be there very rapidly. it is ready, willing, and able. we are ready, willing, and able to go to these jurisdictions and take care of them. we will do them very quickly. you saw what happened in minneapolis. they ripped the city apart. when the national guard went in, it ended immediately. it was immediate. and lasted. aree acts of destruction not isolated incidents but demonstrate a pattern of extremismeft-wing tha
so seattle, the city of seattle and washington state itself, they have great people. they have to be allowed to do their job. i am urging them to deploy these resources to protect their citizens and stop the violence, and all the things that we watch on television going on, although a lot of the unfortunately fake news don't like to put it on because it shows the democrats are doing a very bad job of law enforcement. they have to put it on. they have to be honest with the people of this...
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and unfortunate study coming from seattle, the issue is that seattle actually has, you know, a booming labor market. unemployment, though, there is much -- is very low compared to the rest of the state and so it's very difficult to find an appropriate comparison group for seattle and washington state. and that's the trouble the author experienced. host: ben zipperer an economist from the policy institute and here toor your comments about the minimum wage debate. -8000 and 202-748 r others, 202-748-8002 and we'll start with the line for all others from james port, tennessee. good morning. caller: good morning. i just want to make a statement, back in the 1970's, i rode a bicycle when i was 14 10 miles there and 10 miles back in order to make a $1.30 an hour. and all through my years i went through various jobs and finally got the minimum wage when i was 18 to $3 an hour and i was always given raises. he reason being is i was good. i worked hard and did all this and got into sales. i'm a high school graduate and became a systems analyst making $150,000 a year. but because i worked so har
and unfortunate study coming from seattle, the issue is that seattle actually has, you know, a booming labor market. unemployment, though, there is much -- is very low compared to the rest of the state and so it's very difficult to find an appropriate comparison group for seattle and washington state. and that's the trouble the author experienced. host: ben zipperer an economist from the policy institute and here toor your comments about the minimum wage debate. -8000 and 202-748 r others,...
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and unfortunate study coming from seattle, the issue is that seattle actually has, you know, a booming labor market. unemployment, though, there is much -- is very low compared to the rest of the state and so it's very difficult to find an appropriate comparison group for seattle and washington state. and that's the trouble the author experienced. host: ben zipperer an economist from the policy institute and here toor your comments about the minimum wage debate. -8000 and 202-748 r others, 202-748-8002 and we'll start with the line for all others from james port, tennessee. good morning. caller: good morning. i just want to make a statement, back in the 1970's, i rode a bicycle when i was 14 10 miles there and 10 miles back in order to make a $1.30 an hour. and all through my years i went through various jobs and finally got the minimum wage when i was 18 to $3 an hour and i was always given raises. he reason being is i was good. i worked hard and did all this and got into sales. i'm a high school graduate and became a systems analyst making $150,000 a year. but because i worked so har
and unfortunate study coming from seattle, the issue is that seattle actually has, you know, a booming labor market. unemployment, though, there is much -- is very low compared to the rest of the state and so it's very difficult to find an appropriate comparison group for seattle and washington state. and that's the trouble the author experienced. host: ben zipperer an economist from the policy institute and here toor your comments about the minimum wage debate. -8000 and 202-748 r others,...
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but not necessarily the distinction in seattle because seattle you could argue, well, there are other methods that are less racially divisive. >> and i think -- i would like to come back to wegman. that puts us in the framework too. if you have any questions of what seattle meant, the latest to look is the position in cuyahoga falls. because in cuyahoga, the court mentions the evil of the discriminatory event. and i want talks about the decision maker's statements as evidence of discriminatory intent in the hunter case in page 195. if you look at cuyahoga falls, it's done some of the work for you if you take the conservative route. >> i don't see how the argument is any different here. ed. >> one of the main ones, some of them cared about their children not leaving -- not having outsiders come in. i mean there's always voters that have good intent. >> you don't dispute that point. here you have a district court holding that there's not even a material question of fact with respect to animus because there are so many reasons that could be advanced, legitimate reasons about mismatch and
but not necessarily the distinction in seattle because seattle you could argue, well, there are other methods that are less racially divisive. >> and i think -- i would like to come back to wegman. that puts us in the framework too. if you have any questions of what seattle meant, the latest to look is the position in cuyahoga falls. because in cuyahoga, the court mentions the evil of the discriminatory event. and i want talks about the decision maker's statements as evidence of...
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that's why i anticipate the need to send a field hospital to seattle. hhs is sending hospital support to seattle as well and we would have to just connect fema or get you, you know, information back to our folks as the criteria is and how they apply. prioritize those. i could tell you, i've spoken nine, 10n, eight governors so far. each one of them has had hospitals,r field along the coastline, talking about the need for ships. so we clearly can't meet needs with what we have in our inventory so we rely assessment,o the the validation and then the prioritization. anticipate how i foresee the is duringbeing used the early stages of the pandemic, the virus hitting a city where they're still trying to ramp up capability, we can come in for a short period of few weeks to provide that capacity until they get either gyms converted, hotels converted, college dorms converted, all those things that the corps of engineers is on right now that in fact, in fact, the general has been discussing with new york capacity because what we're talking about is the beds.or t
that's why i anticipate the need to send a field hospital to seattle. hhs is sending hospital support to seattle as well and we would have to just connect fema or get you, you know, information back to our folks as the criteria is and how they apply. prioritize those. i could tell you, i've spoken nine, 10n, eight governors so far. each one of them has had hospitals,r field along the coastline, talking about the need for ships. so we clearly can't meet needs with what we have in our inventory...
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reporter: do you think seattle should be shut down? the former f.d.a. commissioner said that for the good of the country, a city like seattle should basically be shut down. do you have plans for something like that? >> let me ask the c.d.c. if you might talk about community mitigation steps and what we're doing with the state of washington and king county and seattle. >> right. so -- when there's widespread virus transmission or community transmission, there's a different approach to controlling that disease that moves away from identifying cases and tracking contacts to moves that are more community-based. so we've seen that some schools have been closed, and that's to reduce transmission among children. there are discussions under way within the local government for how to keep people from congregating who might be affected. so these are not measures that are directed at individuals who are known to be affected or their contacts, but more general measures. all of them to reduce the chance that an infectious person will come into contact with a suscept
reporter: do you think seattle should be shut down? the former f.d.a. commissioner said that for the good of the country, a city like seattle should basically be shut down. do you have plans for something like that? >> let me ask the c.d.c. if you might talk about community mitigation steps and what we're doing with the state of washington and king county and seattle. >> right. so -- when there's widespread virus transmission or community transmission, there's a different approach...
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the idea that the seattle study settled the debate, that is incorrect. but it is also true that the previous studies, they have strengths and flaws, and they also do not settle the debate. it is uncharted territory but i think if we think about it logically, it makes sense to think there is a moment when employers are going to see costs go up to a point where they're are going to have to make choices. logic tells us there is a moment where the cost could be really negative for a lot and the people most affected will be low income workers. host: florida, thanks for holding on, george, republican line. caller: great show, you're a good moderator. here are my questions, to the gentleman. i don't mean to be rude or i will just be honest because i own a business and i want you to try hiring some time. i don't know if you have ever been in business. you may have been a lawyer because you do answer with fake, vague minimizing , everything answers. so far, you told us workers are collectively innocent and businesses all wrong. here is my question. aside from all
the idea that the seattle study settled the debate, that is incorrect. but it is also true that the previous studies, they have strengths and flaws, and they also do not settle the debate. it is uncharted territory but i think if we think about it logically, it makes sense to think there is a moment when employers are going to see costs go up to a point where they're are going to have to make choices. logic tells us there is a moment where the cost could be really negative for a lot and the...
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i am a small business owner and i provide housing inside seattle. i have two questions. one, do you have plans to help out those small business landlords who are not receiving rent from their tenants? specifically, with the seattle city council, there are members who have supported the rent strike. what is your opinion about the city of seattle councilmembers telling people to not pay their rent? proposedee: i have not such an article is governor of state of washington. the best thing i can do is to get people back to work. when they get back to work, these people can pay rent. dedicated to that. that is something i will talk about tomorrow in our rebuilding program to get people back to work. i'm eager to do that. i know this sounds a long-term sure weut i am making do this stay home, stay healthy initiative one time and get through this and we will not have to take people off the work september, and not having rent paid to you. so that is what we are focused on right now so everyone can become economically healthy, including folks who provide housing. -- and thist know
i am a small business owner and i provide housing inside seattle. i have two questions. one, do you have plans to help out those small business landlords who are not receiving rent from their tenants? specifically, with the seattle city council, there are members who have supported the rent strike. what is your opinion about the city of seattle councilmembers telling people to not pay their rent? proposedee: i have not such an article is governor of state of washington. the best thing i can do...
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the seattle study shows not theory, but what really did happen, in a city like seattle, where they did this. by a 3-1 margin, low income people were hit the hardest and hit very hard in a negative way. i yield back to the gentleman. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i would simply say he said the entire state of maine. maybe you missed the fact that i said 27 million people under this bill are going to get an increase in their salary and in their ability to support themselves and their if family. that, by the way, is about the size, perhaps, of new york. it's not quite california which is 38 or 39 million, but 27 are going to get a raise. my suggestion is, and i believe this sincerely that that increase in raise, because you're consumers, those consumers all spend their spendable money. they need it to support themselves. and that's going to be infusion and when the gentleman says small business, i understand that. but we all pay it in the end because a consume over services and goods is who will pay itle we understand that. but not paying it, perhaps advantages us because
the seattle study shows not theory, but what really did happen, in a city like seattle, where they did this. by a 3-1 margin, low income people were hit the hardest and hit very hard in a negative way. i yield back to the gentleman. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i would simply say he said the entire state of maine. maybe you missed the fact that i said 27 million people under this bill are going to get an increase in their salary and in their ability to support themselves and...
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.: it doesn't seattle has benefited from the minimum wage. wage is setminimum just seven dollars and $.25 an hour. and walmart, these billing as cannot take a little less. they don't want to pay no taxes. they don't want to pay their workers. these people are billionaires. all this is an excuse because they want to shift the labor -- instead of slavery, this is what goes on. when they used to bring the slaves to work, now they take the slave labor to the countries now. it is greed. they don't want to pay no taxes. this is what people are mad about. ifryone -- do you think these ceos don't want their bonuses and raises? it is not about the minimum people can about live without being on government assistance? james, what business do you own? james? we will move on to ryan in houston, texas. the federal minimum wage of $7.25. good morning to you. what are your thoughts about the state of texas and should raise the minimum wage? caller: i think so, because you've got people wanting to drive in cadillac trucks and mercedes and they want to see eve
.: it doesn't seattle has benefited from the minimum wage. wage is setminimum just seven dollars and $.25 an hour. and walmart, these billing as cannot take a little less. they don't want to pay no taxes. they don't want to pay their workers. these people are billionaires. all this is an excuse because they want to shift the labor -- instead of slavery, this is what goes on. when they used to bring the slaves to work, now they take the slave labor to the countries now. it is greed. they don't...
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the cloudiest major city in seattle, generates more than it uses. it's the most comparable building in the city, is fully and has been operating in the black since the day it opened. this is not rocket science. this is smart design and it simply about priorities, it's a bout developers telling their architects, engineers and thisactors, that "i want building to perform in a way that is sustainable for the ."ture/ the goal is to invest deeply inefficiency and electrify everything and produce all the electricity from renewable sources. finally, what will the earth day campaign itself look like? earth day which you should view as a meme rather than a vent -- rather than just an event, will do its best to make sure public consciousness is against saturated with climate solutions. regional organizers will catalyze coalitions in cities to create their own events and we will work with national and state education associations to get climate programs focused on solutions into every school, her -- our children already understand the threats, and we need to m
the cloudiest major city in seattle, generates more than it uses. it's the most comparable building in the city, is fully and has been operating in the black since the day it opened. this is not rocket science. this is smart design and it simply about priorities, it's a bout developers telling their architects, engineers and thisactors, that "i want building to perform in a way that is sustainable for the ."ture/ the goal is to invest deeply inefficiency and electrify everything and...
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i remember been surprised in seattle with a data analysis where they looked at what was more expensive for society, foriding support of housing americans with mental illness that were homeless or leaving them on the streets, and they found out they were able to save seattle millions of dollars by giving people supportive housing because homeless people left on the streets with mental illnesses end up in hospital emergency rooms and jails. thinks the outrage that i people on the streets are feeling and that i share. we are over policed as a society. we're over investing in police that is not solving problems, but making them worse. host: in michigan, this is jeff, republican line. caller: i am for defunding the police, but we have to remember politicians direct police and we elected the politicians. blame fornse, the police brutality cannot just be with the police. us white americans are to blame. we are the majority, and we afterthe majority to go guys for marijuana, so on and so forth. when we look at the 2020 election, we have to realize that neither biden nor trump is going to do an
i remember been surprised in seattle with a data analysis where they looked at what was more expensive for society, foriding support of housing americans with mental illness that were homeless or leaving them on the streets, and they found out they were able to save seattle millions of dollars by giving people supportive housing because homeless people left on the streets with mental illnesses end up in hospital emergency rooms and jails. thinks the outrage that i people on the streets are...
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. >> so why seattle? why did amazon start in seattle? colin: jeff started in seattle for a couple of reasons and he was not actually finalizing seattle was going to be the place, it was either portland or seattle as he was driving across the country writing his business plan, and he said, as i am driving where we are going to have the corporate headquarters, but he picked seattle for a couple of reasons. there was a large full of technical talent. microsoft was here. and second reason, it was close by to some of the book big wholesaling where houses. what that meant is that amazon could order those books from the wholesaler and have them, ship up in just a few hours, package them up, and ship them out to customers. >> where did the title "working backwards," coming from. colin: it is one of the processes that amazon uses to develop and bring new products to market and it is all about starting from the customer perspective and then iterating on that idea and working backwards to figure out what you need to do. most companies use what's ca
. >> so why seattle? why did amazon start in seattle? colin: jeff started in seattle for a couple of reasons and he was not actually finalizing seattle was going to be the place, it was either portland or seattle as he was driving across the country writing his business plan, and he said, as i am driving where we are going to have the corporate headquarters, but he picked seattle for a couple of reasons. there was a large full of technical talent. microsoft was here. and second reason, it...
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seattle, washington. mike says things are getting worse. caller: good morning at i am from seattle and i am a usps letter carrier. i work in the metropolitan area, and just in my normal daily life, and seeing on the job delivering mail to some wonderful families, i have noticed people are not wearing masks, people are going out, there is not much local government coordination. obviously there is a problem at the federal level with disinformation and the lack of combating disinformation, and also, frank lee has a worker for the federal government, -- frankly, as a worker for the federal government, there is not much hr coordination in terms of health and safety. that is very worrisome. also, seattle, we are a port city. we are receiving a lot of traffic for cruise lines. we paid our dues. we locked down in march and february. a lot of us were furloughed. we did our thing. now you have people coming from our -- other states, where it was business as usual. they are coming to a lot of these people are not vaccinated. there is no way to know. t
seattle, washington. mike says things are getting worse. caller: good morning at i am from seattle and i am a usps letter carrier. i work in the metropolitan area, and just in my normal daily life, and seeing on the job delivering mail to some wonderful families, i have noticed people are not wearing masks, people are going out, there is not much local government coordination. obviously there is a problem at the federal level with disinformation and the lack of combating disinformation, and...
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seattle has strong ties to asia and a strong chinese-american community. presumedicials here they would be among the first to see it on u.s. shores when it arrived. on top of that, there is a pretty -- the medical health technology community here is among the leaders in the epidemiological world. very smart people who spend a lot of time thinking about these issues that happen to live in seattle. that group of people was really dialed into what was going on in wuhan, was expecting it, look at the traveled patterns, the flights that arrive every day and correctly assumed they would be the first place. host: talk about how the responders there, the medical staff, the ambulance driver, when they went to pick up patient one, talk about how they did that and how they kept him and everyone around him safe. guest: everything they were trained for -- they had the drill three weeks prior -- was built around in a bowl epidemic. -- an ebola epidemic. they took precautions beyond what would be necessary for coronavirus because they assumed it would be something as let
seattle has strong ties to asia and a strong chinese-american community. presumedicials here they would be among the first to see it on u.s. shores when it arrived. on top of that, there is a pretty -- the medical health technology community here is among the leaders in the epidemiological world. very smart people who spend a lot of time thinking about these issues that happen to live in seattle. that group of people was really dialed into what was going on in wuhan, was expecting it, look at...
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in seattle, washington. i have been around native american people. and latinos and african- americans, the jewish people, it was an interesting place to grow up. >> worded to go to high school? >> an academy, all girls. holy name academy, all girls. it was different. for me, it was probably at least 90% black. at home you get these after- school activities and a different group of defers folks. -- of diverse folks. it was a culture shock for me. it was the opposite. it was important for me to learn the importance of teaching people about who i am. and leadership. i remember a ninth grade project. we have to tell a classmate where we came from. i had to make up a story. it is a good learning experience. my classmates,they could trace their roots back to ireland. it was a good experience for me. we started a union and 10th grades. -- in 10th grade. it is still reversed. -- it is still diverse. it is a great place. i came up with a character. >> it was mythical? >> i did not have the answer. i did not know what country in africa. i cannot answer beyond
in seattle, washington. i have been around native american people. and latinos and african- americans, the jewish people, it was an interesting place to grow up. >> worded to go to high school? >> an academy, all girls. holy name academy, all girls. it was different. for me, it was probably at least 90% black. at home you get these after- school activities and a different group of defers folks. -- of diverse folks. it was a culture shock for me. it was the opposite. it was important...
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if we can do it in seattle, what's up the next? [laughter] it's been fully tenanted and it cost no more conventional -- no more than a conventional office building. we don't have a parking right for automobiles and that was a great saving on a major transit route from downtown seattle. we have a garage for bicycles and rapid access to rapid transit. the lessons learned are interesting. even seattle which is a green city, they were probably two dozen laws and regulations against building the kind of building we built. probably the biggest challenge to this was persuading the regulators and the city council to let us build a super green building. that would be our challenge throughout the country. by mobilizing and megan people understand that this is we will sweep away a number of those prescriptive regulations in favor of performance regulations. a great deal of flexibility to creative architects and engineers as long as they meet tough performance standards. >> can you give us an example of what would have been barred? this will u
if we can do it in seattle, what's up the next? [laughter] it's been fully tenanted and it cost no more conventional -- no more than a conventional office building. we don't have a parking right for automobiles and that was a great saving on a major transit route from downtown seattle. we have a garage for bicycles and rapid access to rapid transit. the lessons learned are interesting. even seattle which is a green city, they were probably two dozen laws and regulations against building the...
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and how does that work out in seattle? >> i think the thing that was most helpful was that, for instance, the link system as a series of checks and balances as to who can access that system and when it's been access to and actually, there are several disciplinary cases within that seattle region. for inappropriate access for inappropriate use of information. we had lived with an intelligence auditor, an outside independent be appointed individual who would review all of the intelligence gathering within the seattle police department. right after 9/11, we look very carefully at whether we should actually move forward in an attempt to change that. and after some pretty careful analysis, we came to the realization that we could both do our job in protecting the people in seattle and also protect privacy and civil liberties where the law as it existed. this was a law by the way britain, an ordinance written before the internet, which in seattle was kind of pretty interesting. i think it's kind of a wired area. i think the othe
and how does that work out in seattle? >> i think the thing that was most helpful was that, for instance, the link system as a series of checks and balances as to who can access that system and when it's been access to and actually, there are several disciplinary cases within that seattle region. for inappropriate access for inappropriate use of information. we had lived with an intelligence auditor, an outside independent be appointed individual who would review all of the intelligence...
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reporter: do you think seattle should be shut down? saysormer fda commissioner a city like seattle should be shut down. >> let me ask the cdc if you might talk about community education steps. -- community mitigation steps. >> when there is widespread virus transmission, there is a different approach to controlling that disease. that moves away from identifying more to moves that are community-based. we have seen that some schools have been closed and that is to reduce transmission among children. there are discussions underway within the local government for how to keep people from congregating who might be affected. these are not individuals who are known to be affected should all to reduce the chance infectious person come into contact with a susceptible person. reporter: how will you make sure this vaccine is covered by medicare and medicaid? >> it is covered in medicare and medicaid. people in those programs can get tests. this is a common type of test. you get a swab for strep throat or for the flu test. these are the kinds of th
reporter: do you think seattle should be shut down? saysormer fda commissioner a city like seattle should be shut down. >> let me ask the cdc if you might talk about community education steps. -- community mitigation steps. >> when there is widespread virus transmission, there is a different approach to controlling that disease. that moves away from identifying more to moves that are community-based. we have seen that some schools have been closed and that is to reduce transmission...
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right here in seattle. i used to be associated with university of washington and that was probably long before dr. had arrived. i was in the immunology department and my question is -- host: we are getting feedback. go ahead with your question or we have to move on. caller: how can he explain, or will he explain, why the u.s. is the number one in the highest number of deaths? over 26,000. host: it is now over 32,000. dr. mokdad: you cannot compare us to italy and france because they are smaller. you have to look at death rates. we are a bigger country. we have to remember a place like new york where new york city is the financial capital of the world and the u.s.. this is people coming from all over the world and spreading the virus. especially in new york, where there is public transportation. you cannot compare it as simple as it is and as far as i am concerned, the united states has done a great job at reducing the number of deaths and addressing the pandemic. host: pat is calling from newbury park calif
right here in seattle. i used to be associated with university of washington and that was probably long before dr. had arrived. i was in the immunology department and my question is -- host: we are getting feedback. go ahead with your question or we have to move on. caller: how can he explain, or will he explain, why the u.s. is the number one in the highest number of deaths? over 26,000. host: it is now over 32,000. dr. mokdad: you cannot compare us to italy and france because they are...
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in seattle they actually did this back in 2014. they increased their minimum wage to $15, and then the university of washington, after three years of actual data, seeing what really happened in seattle, the university of washington did a study to see how this worked. and let me tell you, it was devastating for families in seattle. and the most devastated were low-income families. it showed there were millions of work hours lost, gone away. so even if you had a higher wage, you were working less time so you saw your income drop. this was devastating to low-income families by a 3:1 margin. that's how bad it was in seattle knowing what's happened. you saw the mayor of baltimore veto a minimum wage increase that's similar to the one being brought to the floor because she noted how devastating it would be for workers in baltimore. democrat mayor, by the way. so as pelosi has seen how devastating that would be and what the c.b.o. score shows it would do to hardworking families in america, she should be working with us to help improve the
in seattle they actually did this back in 2014. they increased their minimum wage to $15, and then the university of washington, after three years of actual data, seeing what really happened in seattle, the university of washington did a study to see how this worked. and let me tell you, it was devastating for families in seattle. and the most devastated were low-income families. it showed there were millions of work hours lost, gone away. so even if you had a higher wage, you were working less...
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thank you so much seattle! god bless you asked nation point thank you. [cheers and applause] ♪ announcer: today, hillary clinton speaks on counterterrorism at stanford university. live coverage starting at 2:15 pm eastern time on c-span two. live today, washington journal is next. at 9:00 a.m. the legislature returns. they will consider a resolution condemning the terrorist attacks in brussels. then they turned to anti-trust cases. announcer: coming up in one hour, a look at congress with lance of new jersey, a member of the congress committee. then delegate to eleanor holmes norton on security issues to protect the public transportation and infrastructure. >> we ask that the househost: ae house floor yesterday for the victims of the brussels terrorist attacks tuesday. it is wednesday, march 23, day after those terrorist attacks. many are wondering, presidential candidates, lawmakers in washington and the president himself, wondering, how does the u.s. respond? democrats, 202-748-8000
thank you so much seattle! god bless you asked nation point thank you. [cheers and applause] ♪ announcer: today, hillary clinton speaks on counterterrorism at stanford university. live coverage starting at 2:15 pm eastern time on c-span two. live today, washington journal is next. at 9:00 a.m. the legislature returns. they will consider a resolution condemning the terrorist attacks in brussels. then they turned to anti-trust cases. announcer: coming up in one hour, a look at congress with...
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louis, missouri to seattle, washington and encompassing the columbia river basins. i'm excited to take on this role and look forward to working with this committee as we deliver water resource projects to our nage. six studies have been completed and have had chief's reports signed and still under review by the executive branch. for of these reports recommend navigation improvements including seattle, washington, virginia, san juan, puerto rico and three rivers project along the arkansas river system. a fifth is a recommended project on the lower san joaquin valley of ixth is an a study bjectionbow lakes. we have proposed three change reports for executive review. two of these reports recommend an increase in the total authorized project costs which require congressional authorization. one for the construction of a dam in tennessee and a new lock on the st. mary's river in michigan. the third report recommends crediting of costs associated with certain activities on the central river project. i would like to take this opportunity to provide a brief update on the 201
louis, missouri to seattle, washington and encompassing the columbia river basins. i'm excited to take on this role and look forward to working with this committee as we deliver water resource projects to our nage. six studies have been completed and have had chief's reports signed and still under review by the executive branch. for of these reports recommend navigation improvements including seattle, washington, virginia, san juan, puerto rico and three rivers project along the arkansas river...
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that is not seattle. please stop the nonsense and let's get back to the bill at hand. >> i yield back. thank you mr. chairman. i moved to strike the last word. i appreciate her. she is a front. -- she is a friend. we are not just seeing dr. pictures. there are other pictures on other news. we do watch other channels on occasion. msnbc.seen it on cnn and there is graffiti everywhere. it looks like lawlessness is that's what it is. the federal law should they be entitled to federal funds? should they have water and sewer? should they have wi-fi and self-service? should they have police protection? what about inside? the amendment is a serious one and it is directly relevant to what we are doing. this is unprecedented because it is absolutely crazy. you can call it an arts festival or whatever it is. the people inside their are ignoring the law. it is not lawful to go around and paint a police station with graffiti. we don't tolerate that anywhere else. because we are a nation of laws not of men. if we aband
that is not seattle. please stop the nonsense and let's get back to the bill at hand. >> i yield back. thank you mr. chairman. i moved to strike the last word. i appreciate her. she is a front. -- she is a friend. we are not just seeing dr. pictures. there are other pictures on other news. we do watch other channels on occasion. msnbc.seen it on cnn and there is graffiti everywhere. it looks like lawlessness is that's what it is. the federal law should they be entitled to federal funds?...
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in seattle, most of seattle had already been state claimed and was owned by the residents of seattle. tacoma, a much smaller population. the railroad came here because they could literally on the city, and indeed they did. when they arrived here -- and that's part of tacoma's first half of its life. the railroad came in and they can to profit off the sale of land within the city. land, which forest was practically value-less when trees were cut, to real estate that they could profit off of. they brought with them and they were able to turn around and profit from it. we see that today too, because not only did the railroad owned the land and thereby known the terms by which they would sell the land if somebody wanted to build a building or whatever, e-house, but in the -- or e-house, but -- or a you very much sense that today here on the campus. these sturdy brick warehouses were all built under the guidelines that were imposed by the railroad. so the builders of the ,arehouses would meet the term the cash terms to buy the land from the railroad but the railroad dictated the design, th
in seattle, most of seattle had already been state claimed and was owned by the residents of seattle. tacoma, a much smaller population. the railroad came here because they could literally on the city, and indeed they did. when they arrived here -- and that's part of tacoma's first half of its life. the railroad came in and they can to profit off the sale of land within the city. land, which forest was practically value-less when trees were cut, to real estate that they could profit off of....
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-- seattle has set the president. host: it will be interesting to hear from teachers and parents this morning that they think of the school should be so weak and their concerns over this. guest: i have friends that are educators across washington state that are not in the seattle district and they are messaging me saying, we talked about this and had eight school conversation in my class with the students and their feelings about social media and with the conversations they're having with their families. this is an issue in these districts and washington touched every single family that we are dealing with massive amounts of depression, anxiety, disordered eating, thoughts of self harm or hurt -- harming others. the school district says we cannot handle this anymore. it is distracting us from our job and kids are talking about it all across the state with their teachers now. host: page browning, thank you. want to try to all of you now and get your adults -- we want to turn to all of you and you get your thoughts and
-- seattle has set the president. host: it will be interesting to hear from teachers and parents this morning that they think of the school should be so weak and their concerns over this. guest: i have friends that are educators across washington state that are not in the seattle district and they are messaging me saying, we talked about this and had eight school conversation in my class with the students and their feelings about social media and with the conversations they're having with their...
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people moved to king county to get close to seattle. interesting enough, what happened in seattle, amazon grew by about 50,000 people. half of the growth in the city of seattle comes from those amazon kids. you see them walking around the south lake union campus with their backpacks and laptops. host: several naps, one shows black americans in the u.s. as a result of census data. guest: black americans grew by a substantial margin, a couple million, 3 million over the last 10 years. the interesting thing about all minority communities, not just black americans is the breadth of their growth. minority communities grew in one particular area. and a lot of those counties, one of the reasons they did not lose population is they are coming from those communities. host: for minority communities, are they moving out to the suburbs, what is that tracking? guest: the funny thing is we had this debate about the suburbs, there is sort of an idea about the suburbs that they look homogenous and that they look like the 1950's. they do not. the suburb
people moved to king county to get close to seattle. interesting enough, what happened in seattle, amazon grew by about 50,000 people. half of the growth in the city of seattle comes from those amazon kids. you see them walking around the south lake union campus with their backpacks and laptops. host: several naps, one shows black americans in the u.s. as a result of census data. guest: black americans grew by a substantial margin, a couple million, 3 million over the last 10 years. the...
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you understand the situation we have in seattle. if you do get infected and taking seattle as the microcosm of that, it is what dr. birx says, the risk of getting into diss is weighted with people with underlying conditions and there will be an exception the same way we see with the flu but the risk to a young person of getting into trouble is low based on a lot of data coming out of foreign countries particularly out of china. >> i want to thank the vice president and president for care -- careful leadership. i was involved with complex cases and dealt with a lot of renowned physicians but the people on this task force are extremely impressive and have been considering all the various different possibilities outlining scenarios for all the possibilities that can occur. and it's very comforting and recognize that the risk to a healthy adult still remains quite low largely because of the aggressive actions that have been taken and continue to be taken every day. one last point, the pharmaceuticals who are normally rivals, having work
you understand the situation we have in seattle. if you do get infected and taking seattle as the microcosm of that, it is what dr. birx says, the risk of getting into diss is weighted with people with underlying conditions and there will be an exception the same way we see with the flu but the risk to a young person of getting into trouble is low based on a lot of data coming out of foreign countries particularly out of china. >> i want to thank the vice president and president for care...
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we have a call from seattle, independent line. good evening. >> i am voting for joe biden, but i am a little bit concerned. the democratic party has been working to tear down the african-american community. all the way to clinton and the three strikes law, all the way a harris laughing about herself smoking weed after resting people for smoking weed. donald trump speaks, but that actions of the democratic party have proved otherwise in the past. >> who are you supporting in the primary? >> and the primary, i was supporting bernie sanders. he is actually from grassroots. he has actually been there with the black community, as opposed to joe biden back in the 1970's writing laws militarizing the ala harrisce, to kam being a prosecutor refusing to lock up police officers for wrongdoing. he's actually been there from the beginning. >> you said you were involved with the black lives matter movement in seattle, is that correct? >> absolutely. >> tell us what's going on in seattle now. the police chief has resigned. the city council has
we have a call from seattle, independent line. good evening. >> i am voting for joe biden, but i am a little bit concerned. the democratic party has been working to tear down the african-american community. all the way to clinton and the three strikes law, all the way a harris laughing about herself smoking weed after resting people for smoking weed. donald trump speaks, but that actions of the democratic party have proved otherwise in the past. >> who are you supporting in the...